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Randy Weston Interview part 1 Podcast 172 Sep 16, 2015

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One from the archives: There was much talk about Randy Weston on the last few episodes about Gnawa music. I thought I'd broadcast part 1 of an interview I did with him a few years back. This was first broadcast as a podcast that I never really got going with. If you haven't checked him out, I hope this will inspire you to check out some albums or see him in concert. Part 2 coming soon...we hung out and spoke for hours that day. Offical Bio: After contributing seven decades of musical direction and genius, Randy Weston remains one of the world's foremost pianists and composers today, a true innovator and visionary. Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, his global creations musically continue to inform and inspire. "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique".

Max ZT, Ehren Hanson, Jay Gandhi and Arun Ramamurthy Live at the Rubin Museum of Art – Podcast 171 Aug 17, 2015

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In our first collaboration with the stellar Rubin Museum of Art, we presented at sold out concert, an Evening with the Brooklyn Raga Massive. It featured a first set of Dan Weiss and Sameer Gupta in a tabla duel followed by a second set of Max ZT, hammered dulcimer, Ehren Hanson, tabla, Jay Gandhi, bansuri and Arun Ramamurthy violin, plus a jam session/ party in the cafe afterwards. Here's the entire 2nd set. Many thanks to Tim McHenry and the staff at the Rubin. We'll be back when over 15 members of the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars perform Terry Riley's in C on August 28th.

Gnawa Diffusion Live! Podcast 169 Jul 21, 2015

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Recorded live at Lincoln Center, Gnawa Diffusion are true rebel rockers who deftly slide from traditional Gnawa sounds to reggae, rock, dancehall and and million other styles. The group's leader and visionary is Amazigh Kateb who hails from Algeria. I was lucky to hang with Amazigh a few days later in Brooklyn, (along with Alexandre Tannous) and record our discussion. Thanks to Meera Dugal for setting up these last two great Gnawa Podcasts !

Innove Gnawa Live – Podcast 168 Jul 14, 2015

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This podcast features a live in-studio, late night recording of InnoVe Gnawa. It sounds as good as anything I've recorded at WKCR thanks to the help of Phil Duke from Continental Recording Studio. We had a blast hanging out and recording, and this lines up with a big free concert they'll be playing this Thursday at Lincoln Center, and the release of their new self titled album. InnoVe Gnawa is a musical band made of artists from different parts of morocco all the way to NYC gathering to Keep this ancient healing Gnawa music. InnoVe Gnawa is a gnawa band comprised of artists from different parts of Morocco. Led by master Maalem Hassan BenJaafer, InnoVe Gnawa celebrates this ancient spiritual music of North Africa in NYC with an innovative, hypnotic, and ecstatic take on this trance-inducing folk tradition.

Tripti Mukherjee (vocal) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla) with Jay Gandhi (bansuri) Ragas Live Festival 2015 #24 Podcast 167 Jul 08, 2015

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The 24 hour festival concluded with this beautiful performance from Tripti Mukherjee. She performed with Samir Chatterjee (tabla) and Jay Gandhi (bansuri)

Aashish Khan, Anupam Shobhakar (Sarod) Dan Weiss Ragas Live Festival 2015 # 23 Podcast 170 Jul 08, 2015

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Ustad Aashish Khan, accompanied by Anupam Shobhakar (Sarod) Dan Weiss Ragas Live performed the penultimate set at the Ragas Live Festival 2015 from 10pm-11pm

Sanghamitra Chatterjee (vocal) with Samir Chatterjee (tabla) and Tabla Duet – Samir Chatterjee and Tejas Tope Ragas Live Festival 2015 #22 Podcast 166 Jul 08, 2015

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This set begins with Sanghamitra Chatterjee (vocal) with Samir Chatterjee (tabla) and is then followed by a Tabla Duet – Samir Chatterjee and Tejas Tope, which occurred from 9-10pm on the Ragas Live Festival 2015

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar and Nitin Mitta Ragas Live Festival 2015 #21 Podcast 165 Jul 08, 2015

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Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (sarod) and Nitin Mitta (tabla) performed from 8pm -9pm on the Ragas Live Festival 2015.

Krishna Bhatt and Nittin Mitta Ragas Live Festival 2015 #20 Podcast 164 Jul 08, 2015

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Krishna Bhatt composed his own raga for this very special occasion, based on a whole tone scale. Nittin Mitta, accompanies for this 7-8pm slot on the Ragas Live Festival 2015

Jay Gandhi and Yacouba Cissoko with Shiva Ghoshal and David Ellenbogen, Ragas Live Festival 2015 #19 Podcast 163 Jun 26, 2015

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Jay Gandhi (bansuri) and Yacouba Cissoko (kora) bring their duo project accompanied by Shivalik Ghoshal (tabla) and David Ellenbogen (guitar) from 6-7pm during the Ragas Live Festival 2015

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